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so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned away from headstart because they can't afford to cover that many people. but it's not all going to be felt in one day. and frankly, people are so cynical about government and government spending that most people think, you know, either the politicians are going to solve this at the last minute, or it is not going to matter anyway. so you haven't -- the president has tried to gin up an emotional reaction in the country among his supporters, and i don't think that's really happened. >> to add to that, only 44 billion of the 85 billion in cuts will go into effect in 2013, amounting to about 0.6% of gdp
so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned...
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the pentagon has said that the troops will be in afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. in the 21st century military that the president and pentagon want to create, it unnecessarily need huge military bases all across afghanistan. what they want our special operations troops working in coordination with the capacity for drone strikes, but denies drone strikes and drone surveillance. what you mentioned in relation to the tragedy, just less than, it is so symptomatic of what happens. the civilians are at high risk, the antagonism towards the u.s. continues to rise, and the taliban says until all the troops are out, they will continue to fight. so afghans are saddled with this ongoing war. >> you spend one month and afghanistan recently. can you talk about the people he met and what their reactions have been to the u.s. presence? >> printers are so harsh in afghanistan. -- winters are so harsh in afghanistan. this time i was able to go up to the mountains to visit with those who are pushed up to a mountainside because they can afford piped water, so they move higher where t
the pentagon has said that the troops will be in afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. in the 21st century military that the president and pentagon want to create, it unnecessarily need huge military bases all across afghanistan. what they want our special operations troops working in coordination with the capacity for drone strikes, but denies drone strikes and drone surveillance. what you mentioned in relation to the tragedy, just less than, it is so symptomatic of what happens. the civilians...
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with us against those who trained and supported and applaud the deranged fanatics who flew airports pentagon anded 14 people in fort hood and soldiers in little rock and planted ied's on the road side in stanford and iraq to kill those. i have a hard time convincing americans why it does matter that we act like friends to our friends and stop believes that our are not that different after all. >> israel is the only in the middle east who mirrors our equal of human beings and freedom and value of education and power of dissent even with one's only government and the right of the people to their government without ballots and bullets and bombs. the president could with draw the nomination of chuck hagel as defense security. he is so ignorant of the real enemy we face he believe that is iran can be trusted and israel can't. high would be better suited for taking tickets at yellow stone than defending against the treats. ip hope you will call and e-mail your senator to use common sense and while acknowledging that the president has the privilege to name his team. he doesn't have the right to put
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a crude violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own import ago and buying iranian oil well tehran rebels record export cash. authorities in turkey say a far left militant is responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital on her one security guard day. five am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of egypt's capital protesting against president mohamed morsi while thousands of more have staged rallies across the country at least fifteen have so far been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as an angry mob attacked the presidential palace with firebombs here's a reporter bel true with the latest. but you know how chaotic scenes are how come we need to ask questions how broken out somehow the government protesters answers are security forces the president. says are many marches comprised of presidential building concrete supposedly free market house the promise was not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of course there
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if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say look, we got to solve this problem. this sequestration, secretary panetta, outgoing secretary of defense is one of the most widely respected men or person in washington, d.c. and he has been saying this nationalstate our nation security. republicans and democrats are responsible for this new cliff and i will take responsibility tore it for the republicans but we he have got to avoid it. we have got to stop it. >> chris: but if the president says the price of that is more taxes? >> the president is the same one that during the campaign said it's not going to happen. remember that? he just dismissed it. and a lot of us, in fact, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte and i were traveling around the country warning what is going to happen with sequestration. it is devastating. the world is dangerous. i'm sorry i'm a little emotio
if it comes down to that, higher taxes or sequestration, the pentagon cuts, where do you you go? where do you come down? >> obviously i don't want to see taxes increased but what i would like to see is the president call the leaders over to the white house and say look, we got to solve this problem. this sequestration, secretary panetta, outgoing secretary of defense is one of the most widely respected men or person in washington, d.c. and he has been saying this nationalstate our nation...
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that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say right attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially tr
that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say right attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is...
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assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was watching intently yesterday, and might have had that thought in mind. you said another important word, which is sequester. it's going to be a huge mess over there trying to, first, anticipate this, and then deal with whatever the new reality is. i do think that it was ugly yesterday. it was ugly on both sides. the white house wasn't so much from what i heard defending his performance as saying that those mean republicans also performed in an ugly and bad and not very attractive way. i don't think anybody looked particularly good in that showdown. i also think it's very clear that this is,
assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was...
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the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal will be handed out to joystick welding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting first in combat zones early artie's or in english explain to my colleague rory sushi what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple to know for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a
the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal will be handed out to joystick welding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting first in combat zones early artie's or in english explain to my colleague rory sushi what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to...
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gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still their most i'm not an addict pennetta and gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he presided over the beginning of these these operations with libya and so forth but but take michael because anyway the other interesting point is with the state department get down to the level of sort of technical failures the visa for mood talab the christmas day bomber over detroit if his visa had been pulled he could not have boarded that plane he couldn't have gotten onto the plane for the united states and the state department are the ones who failed to do that so if we look at her record it's a story of failure on multiple points and nevertheless this is balanced by this amazing complacency this amazing sense of entit
gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still their most i'm not an addict pennetta and gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he presided over the...
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rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict years. of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the world. thanks so much for joining us here. live in moscow with news from around the world . violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace this for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police there were sponsored with tear gas and water cannons one person killed at least fifty injured reporter bell true was there to witness the mayhem. i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism o
rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict years. of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the...
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the red faced pentagon has left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts this in a year's long violation of america's war against the islamic state. east or west home is best for the u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fight in human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the second world war. with worldwide news live from moscow this is on with me will receive it's good to have you with us today. violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo. rode the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of to a boil of petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down the police responded though with tear gas and heavy water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reporter bill true witnesse
the red faced pentagon has left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts this in a year's long violation of america's war against the islamic state. east or west home is best for the u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fight in human history which cost two million lives but...
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we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of this so do you cut them off is that in u.s. interest to be doing the raise a lot of questions about the sanctions policy and the ramifications for for u.s. interests but let's talk about that for a minute because obviously as you mentioned iran and afghanistan are close and afghanistan actually gets the majority of its oil from iran i think it's third to a half was the latest estimates of this but obviously the u.s. is trying to draw down its presence in afghanistan so can we really expect the u.s. to both draw down its presence in afghanistan and also monitor the sanctions that are going on there so str
we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of...
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drone does this cast a special in on what the pentagon has been saying it certainly does and i think that was damage control it's very embarrassing for them to admit that a country that's supposedly so primitive in many respects iran was capable of basically hijacking that drone and then as it seems to be the case what iran has claimed that they reverse engineered it they now are claiming that they have built their own line of drones that they're assembling them and i think that makes the whole sort of power equation quite a bit more complicated very very interesting obviously is a subject of great alarm in washington yeah i mean it seems like there is more quiet things like when it comes to drones there's always more questions than answers of course with this new development iran and iran. iran saying one thing the u.s. is saying another a whole lot of questions of course the issue of drones is finally in the spotlight now it's supposed to be a focal point of john brennan's confirmation hearing to be the head of the cia do you expect that there will be more transparency on the drone
drone does this cast a special in on what the pentagon has been saying it certainly does and i think that was damage control it's very embarrassing for them to admit that a country that's supposedly so primitive in many respects iran was capable of basically hijacking that drone and then as it seems to be the case what iran has claimed that they reverse engineered it they now are claiming that they have built their own line of drones that they're assembling them and i think that makes the whole...
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a kurd violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own in bargo on iranian oil well tehran rebels in record export cash the. turkish authorities say a far left militants responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. three am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital protesting against president mohamed morsi well thousands more are marching across the country at least fifteen people have been injured in fierce clashes in cairo as angry mobs attack the presidential palace with firebombs journalist belcher is at the center of demonstrations she brings us the latest. but you know how chaotic seems how can i ask questions how broken out somehow the government protesters and sense of security forces the president for this are many marches comprised of presidential building concrete supposedly free martha opera house the promise was not the police and i'm time we take us comes off many demonstrations across the country of cour
a kurd violation the pentagon accused of breaking america's own in bargo on iranian oil well tehran rebels in record export cash the. turkish authorities say a far left militants responsible for the suicide attack on the u.s. embassy in the capital that left one security guard dead. three am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r t our top story around six thousand people have taken to the streets of the egyptian capital protesting against president mohamed morsi well thousands...
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and, the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes, through limiting deductions, for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her about the fast-approaching deadline. congressman pelosi, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> welcome to the capitol. >> chris: the white house says, sequestration will have a severe effect on many americans. house republicans agree. but they say the answer is to find other spending cuts, not tax hikes. >> well, i think that the sequestration is a bad idea, all around. it is something that is out of the question. the fact is, we have had plenty of spending cuts, $1.6 trillion in the budget control act. what we need is growth, growth with jobs and if you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, where you are hindering growth, you are no going to reduce the deficit. so, what we do need is more revenue, and more cuts, but i would like to see that a big, balanced, bold proposal. and sh
and, the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes, through limiting deductions, for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her about the fast-approaching deadline. congressman pelosi, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> welcome to the capitol. >> chris: the white house says, sequestration will have a severe effect on many americans. house republicans agree. but they say the answer is to find...
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but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb and strafe they they they dissed they killed people in gaza palestinians in gaza and they do interfere in iraq as well as there was seymour hersh of the famous american jordan a sort of deal that israeli agents. go through iraqi kurdistan and to iran to conduct some but objectivity is and gather intelligence. as part of their effort to to maybe in future attack attack iran their role in syria is now quite clear with a with a bomb or a bombing. yesterday or the day before yesterday and to and to syria so israel is a very close ally of the united states it's a forward military base practically for the u
but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb...
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a rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict in a years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but ultimately changed the course of the second world war. thanks so much for joining us here not a rule reese who live in moscow with news from around the world. violent protests have swept said. all egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace there this for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police there responded with tear gas and water cannons one person killed at least fifty injured reporter bell true was there to witness the mayhem. i personally w
a rather red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflict in a years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost two million lives but...
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a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian few ended up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts in the years long violation of america's own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true as it fears the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelming. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fight in human history which cost two million lives but changed the course of the second world war. on screen around the world this is all to live from the new center here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day violent protests swept through several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rotting reach the presidential palace for the first time in more than a week of turmoil petrol bombs were thrown over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and water cannons one person was killed and at least fifty injured in the clashes reportable true witnessed the man i personally witnessed to pol
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conflict as to what the president said he said the to tell his people do every do and confirm from the pentagon knew was in charge with the state department or urgent -- but leon panetta says it is not 911 that when your people are in danger that is more than 911. lou: john bolton serving the government to hear the secretary of defense to realize the outcry and a need warhol from the ambassador and officials from the government as a 911 call and department of defense can respond, how upset were you? >> i was beyond upset and speechless to what the testimony showed. it revealed incompetence at the top of the obama administration that is breathtaking. the president not concerned with americans under attack, secretary of state's all day long never once called to ask what might be done? the idea secretary not aware for request for satiric -- security saying can we help you out? nobody is hauled in this administration with national security. not just the failure of benghazi on negative benghazi but exposing the risk of facilities, citizens and their country to attacks worldwide. these people and not
conflict as to what the president said he said the to tell his people do every do and confirm from the pentagon knew was in charge with the state department or urgent -- but leon panetta says it is not 911 that when your people are in danger that is more than 911. lou: john bolton serving the government to hear the secretary of defense to realize the outcry and a need warhol from the ambassador and officials from the government as a 911 call and department of defense can respond, how upset were...
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this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and war incident word higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand m
this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award...
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that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say right attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defensive. i mean doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could pote
that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say right attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern...
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president says the sequester puts hundreds of thousands of jobs in jeopardy from classrooms to the pentagon and defense lie lockheed martin which announced hundreds of layoffs. mr. obama said damage can be stopped if john boehner accepts the white house's final offer from december, meaning up to $600 billion in more tax hikes through cutting deductions, and cuts to medicare and other programs. >> my healthcare proposals achieve the same savings by the beginning of the next decade as reforms that had been proposed by the bipartisan bowls simpson commission. >> republicans were not amused he added his event around the same time eric cantor delivered a speech. gop leaders were clear they want specific cuts and no new tax cuts. >> there's no greater moral imperative than to reduce the debt. >> white house officials have been specific, including about $350 billion in medicare cuts. when asked why the president did not meet the it will for unveiling his new budget for the third straight year, spokesman jay carney blamed republicans saying fiscal cliff talks delayed it. >> part of what the preside
president says the sequester puts hundreds of thousands of jobs in jeopardy from classrooms to the pentagon and defense lie lockheed martin which announced hundreds of layoffs. mr. obama said damage can be stopped if john boehner accepts the white house's final offer from december, meaning up to $600 billion in more tax hikes through cutting deductions, and cuts to medicare and other programs. >> my healthcare proposals achieve the same savings by the beginning of the next decade as...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. well just imagine it was about the same the time when most of the people were already at work the children were in schools or in kindergartens and all of the suddenly see this extremely bright flash of light and right
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of...
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. >> chris: fox news has confirmed budget concerns is forcing the pentagon to cut the aircraft presence in the gulf from two to one. even more drastic defense cuts could be weeks away. congressional republicans are trying to come up with last minute plans to avoid the cuts and force the president to come up with a deficit reduction plan of his own. carl cameron is here with more. >> reporter: republicans today made a pair of pretty significant statements. first, the house g.o.p. majority passed a measure calling on the president to submit two to congress by april 1st a budget that balances in ten years. g.o.p. is increasingly frustrated by the i insistence that the solution to deficit spending is more taxation. >>> president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. he genuinely believes the government spending causes economic growth. if that were true, the economy today would be thriving. it isn't thriving. >> washington has to deal with its spending problem. i watched them kick the can down 22 years down the road. its time to act. >> had he tahoe roundly dismiss the suggestion to po
. >> chris: fox news has confirmed budget concerns is forcing the pentagon to cut the aircraft presence in the gulf from two to one. even more drastic defense cuts could be weeks away. congressional republicans are trying to come up with last minute plans to avoid the cuts and force the president to come up with a deficit reduction plan of his own. carl cameron is here with more. >> reporter: republicans today made a pair of pretty significant statements. first, the house g.o.p....
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for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were concerned about molly for at least eight months. only now there is discussion about what we should -- >> have another discussion on benghazi for the thousandth time. >> we are in the in danger -- in no danger of intervening too much. that is not what we have to worry about. >> let's move on. if you have a question, raise your hands and identify yourself. keep your questions short. let's go to -- then this woman right here in the black. >> as joshua said, syria is part of a broader middle east. what would be the position of the u.s. when lebanon, jordan, maybe israel and the whole region woul
for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon a top stories. from one you sent to him. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a midsize city east of the year olds when the sky is lit up by the far of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well off he got a firsthand account from the man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. shiny across the sky. blinding greater than. it was followed by a huge. explosion aboard a minute or so later that broke. the late fixtures were swaying back and forth i don't point to when looked out the window when i saw this extrude going across the sky. like the tail of the cloud or what what had just happened that night at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my. you know i couldn't get through to him by phone in work so i was a little bit scared point well the meteor exploded in the earth's atmosph
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon a top stories. from one you sent to him. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a midsize city east of the year olds when the sky is lit up by the far of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well off he got a firsthand account from the man who...